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DogOnPorch

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Bit of a gamer & designer/playtester all my life. Some military & historical background...

What's your favorite wargame (et al)? Board or computer...no matter. 

Some of the new ones are remarkable...

For example...

War of Rights...MMO US Civil War...FPS w/ musket and bayonet.

 

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I guess I should pump the one I have a bit of a small part in. 

More glorious than ever...and still 100% free. No nasty bits...spyware etc.

http://orbit.medphys.ucl.ac.uk/

http://orbit.medphys.ucl.ac.uk/download.html

http://orbiter.dansteph.com/

http://orbit.medphys.ucl.ac.uk/links.html

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I don't play much now. I use  SNES emulator on my PC and play some of those. Mostly Super Punchout.

I have a Nintendo Wii, and play super-punchout on that too. Much more fun on the Wii!

I liked a game called Nam, was built on the Doom engine but your were in Vietnam. Really excellent Dos4G or whatever.

 

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Perhaps the biggest non-computer wargame ever made...Europa by GDW (Game Designer's Workshop). You could play them one at a time...or in theory...join them all together. Not sure if anybody actually did as you'd need a gymnasium and several months minimum of all those pieces not being disturbed by a cat. Worth quite a few bucks each if complete and in good condition.

https://boardgamegeek.com/wiki/page/The_Europa_Series

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europa_(wargame)

http://generalstab.org/armory/europa-series/

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Russia...

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With Mars being in the headlines again...a quick Celestia pic of the Red Planet.

This is an 8k 3D Mars...very sweet. The Horse Head Nebula is visible bottom left. A high resolution Phobos drifts through the frame.

Celestia is 100% free and very accurate...

https://celestia.space/

http://celestiamotherlode.net/

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4 hours ago, AMenard said:

I'm a big fan of the old Simulation Canada and SSI computer wargames. But my favorite was Harpoon since I was a Navy nut when I was younger. I was in the RCN cadet from the age of 12 to 16.

 

I had a few for the C64 from SSI. Germany 1985 and such. The C64 also had Silent Service from Microprose which was the first decent sub game I had played.

 

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2 hours ago, AMenard said:

I collect, and code, on 8 bit computers. I presently have a C64, an Atari 130XE, an Apple IIe Platinum and a Ti-99/4a.

 

 

I recall coding sprites on the C64...what a great machine for the day. The best game available for it was the classic Pirates by Sid Meier in my opinion. Epic...

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Total War Rome II (2013 on)

Not much comes close to matching this simulation...game...both. It covers all of Rome from the early days to the fall in detail. The tactical battles are spectacular while the strategic portion is colourful and attractive. Part of the Total War series which goes from Ancient Greece right-up to the Napoleonic Wars.

Needs a fairly decent gaming computer...avoid Windows 11...for goodness sake avoid Windows 11...lol.

 

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Eve. Not history...but loads of fun...even the free play account. No spyware...you can grind your way to a premium account. Based in Iceland of all places. The wife and I play often.

With this link you can sign-up with 1,000,000 free skill points which you can use to make yourself fairly tough right off the bat. Requirements: a gaming computer would be ideal...but Eve has lower end graphic settings for those with less than Alienware rigs.

https://www.eveonline.com/signup?invc=5e1316de-5bcf-493d-bfc3-1d9836f878a2

 

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On 3/29/2021 at 8:04 PM, DogOnPorch said:

 

I had a few for the C64 from SSI. Germany 1985 and such. The C64 also had Silent Service from Microprose which was the first decent sub game I had played.

 

I have found a few of the old SSI games from back in the day, that have been bought out by another company.

Like WINSPMBT, a modern Battle group sim, or WINSPWWII also a battle group size force set in WWII, all old SSI games, it has a digitals game board with octagon grids, it combines aircraft, drones, Helos air defense, arty, inf tanks, mines wire, trench's pretty much the whole thing.   with over 90 countries represented. Played both for years now. 

I think the new company is named shrapnel games they offer a whole list of new computer-based games that are interesting. 

We, the willing, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have now done so much for so long with so little, we are now capable of doing anything with nothing.

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